“Cold-calling liars and manipulators”: this was the verdict handed down by a Preston crown court judge in a multimillion-pound fraud case earlier this year that found small businesses had been “duped” into expensive, long-term energy contracts.
The judge ruled that Andy Pilley, the owner and former chair of Fleetwood Town FC, used a network of energy brokers connected to the business energy supplier where he was a director to defraud unsuspecting customers. Pilley was jailed for 13 years.
